What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Continental express airlines acft was parked on the ramp, chocked, and its engines were shutting down when a station manager walked into one of the propellers and was fatally injured, other circumstances are unknown. (.4)the turbo-propeller airplane was standing with both engines running when the station manager inadvertently walked into a rotating propeller. Witnesses to the accident stated that the airplane came to a stop on the ramp, and the station manager walked from behind the left wing toward the nose of the airplane. According to the witnesses, the station manager appeared to be listening to, or talking on, a shoulder mounted radio and then looked up at the people in the terminal. He looked back down and contacted the left propeller.
As the FAA filed it
CONTINENTAL EXPRESS AIRLINES ACFT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP, CHOCKED, AND ITS ENGINES WERE SHUTTING DOWN WHEN A STATION MANAGER WALKED INTO ONE OF THE PROPELLERS AND WAS FATALLY INJURED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.4)THE TURBO-PROPELLER AIRPLANE WAS STANDING WITH BOTH ENGINES RUNNING WHEN THE STATION MANAGER INADVERTENTLY WALKED INTO A ROTATING PROPELLER. WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP ON THE RAMP, AND THE STATION MANAGER WALKED FROM BEHIND THE LEFT WING TOWARD THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE. ACCORDING TO THE WITNESSES, THE STATION MANAGER APPEARED TO BE LISTENING TO, OR TALKING ON, A SHOULDER MOUNTED RADIO AND THEN LOOKED UP AT THE PEOPLE IN THE TERMINAL. HE LOOKED BACK DOWN AND CONTACTED THE LEFT PROPELLER.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.